Instant Replay is launched in sports. The NFL adopts a
limited instant replay system; this system was dropped, however, in 1992 before
the current instant replay system was instated in 1999. In effect, you could
say the current system is an instant replay itself!

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On the Menu Today
– Taco Tater Tot Casserole

Hey all- Happy Monday! BritishCrumpet is out having a
vacation for a few days, so JimEnder2 and I are keeping the coals hot, and the
Spark!’s flying. I hope you all had a good weekend, Saturday flew by, and
yesterday was a nice day to just catch up on some loose ends.

On my drive in to work this morning, I had to chew on what I
am having for lunch today; better part of a Thanksgiving dinner, with turkey, gravy,
mashed potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. However, that is a Spark! that
is reserved for closer to Thanksgiving, so I got to thinking about my breakfast
I had packed; a warm egg sandwich. Then I remembered that tomorrow morning I’ll
be putting hashed browns in the sandwich, which led me down the rabbit hole of……….
Taco Tater Tot Casserole!

This is from when in college 3 years ago, it was a fan
favorite. It makes a 13x9 pan, so I usually double everything, make two pans
full, and please the crowd.

Make it a great day!

RTHelpdesk1’s Taco
Tater Tot Casserole

Ingredients:

-1 lb ground beef

-1 (2 ounce) package taco seasoning

-1⁄4 cup water

-1⁄2 medium onion, diced

-1 (10 ounce) can whole kernel corn

-1 (12 ounce) jar salsa con queso

-1⁄2 lb tater tots

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Brown ground beef and onion together in skillet.

3. Drain all the grease drippings off

4. Add taco seasoning and water and simmer
according to package directions.

5. In a 13x9 casserole dish spread taco meat on
bottom of pan.

6. Layer the corn on top of it.

7. Place tater tots in a single layer on top of
corn.

8. Spread the salsa con queso on top of everything.

9. Cook in preheated oven for about one hour.

(Don’t be afraid to dollop some Sour Cream on that thing too
when you’re done. It’s extra yums).

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wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that
cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to
get at or repair.."

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I hate instant replay so much. Part of the enjoyment of sports is complaining about the officials and the terrible calls they make. Instant replay is imperfect, but it makes things more antiseptic, and it's just less fun. Plus, it affects the flow of the game. Just not a fan of it at all.

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Instant replay is such a weird thing for us who goto live sports regularly.

For intsance, the amount of times i will goto a football game (and yes thats real football, played with round ball and on the floor) if something like a contentious decision or even a goal is scored the amount of times my brain is almost waiting for the replay that i have to actually tell myself its live :)

It has become part of the psychie of watching live sports, which on one hand is a good thing, because nout better than confirming your own ideas that it was(n't) a goal or offside etc. , but slowly its eroding the after game (over a beer or 3) discussions ith mates over the dodgy decisions for your team, this i fear for UK football will get worse with the introduction of VAR that it will remove half the fun of postgame or monday morning moaning, its like we are becoming a little US of A

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I love that Tater Tot Casserole is such a regional thing too. Midwest? Brown gravy is a must. Some people use frozen mixed veggies... which is typically fine, but I'm not a fan of the carrots in it. But... you can make it however you want. Salsa and taco seasoning? Brown gravy and mixed veggies? (Just make sure to pile on the cheese!) So good.

Had to google Potato Smileys. Tots are not quite the same, from what I can tell. It's like chunky cubed bits of potato molded into... a little cylinder, I guess. Baked or fried. And they're delicious (especially if you do chili and cheese... or bacon and cheese... or anything and cheese).

The smileys seemed like mashed potatoes that are formed into that shape, maybe? I couldn't tell from the images either!

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That recipe sounds good. Not sure how I feel about corn being in it, but I'll try anything once. I like my corn straight from the cob covered in butter and salt and cheap bottled Parmesan cheese. But it might also be good in a tater tot casserole.

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RyRy Is spot on. Needs cheese, real cheese, not the liquid, canned stuff, although, that doesn't necessarily need to be left out. It just needs some real cheese to fill out the flavor. Tater tots are such an enigmatic food stuff. The pre-made frozen ones are far better executed than the majority of people's attempts to "gourmet" them.